Philanthropist and entrepreneur Bernie Marcus joins James on the show to coincide with the release of his new book, Kick Up Some Dust: Lessons on Thinking Big, Giving Back, and Doing it Yourself (https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/kickupsomedust) .
One part chutzpah lesson, one part masterclass in charitable giving, our 93-year-old guest gives straight-ahead answers and personifies the concept of lifelong learning and finding out "how dumb we were yesterday".
Additional topics include:
β’ Bernie's relationship with Sam Walton (01:50)
β’ "We want our customers to know, whenever you need anything, why would you look anywhere else?" (09:18)
β’ How do you build up a sense of what risks to take? (15:11)
β’ The Marcus Autism Center (https://www.marcus.org/) (17:25)
β’ Learning to handle and overcome failure (00:22:53)
β’ Philanthropy through The Marcus Foundation (00:34:32)
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